The Gallup Independent is being sued for defamation and libel for publishing stories that linked the former mayor of Gallup, New Mexico, to the sexual assault of a Zuni Pueblo girl in 1948. Harry Mendoza has acknowledged he was 15...

Frank Chee Willeto, a Navajo Code Talker and a former vice president of the Navajo Nation died on June 23. He was 87. Willeto was born on June 6, 1925, in New Mexico. He served in the U.S. Marines Corps...

The Snoqualmie Tribe of Washington reached an agreement that revised the purchase price of a hospital. In 2008, the tribe bought the Snoqualmie Valley Hospital for $30 million. The tribe has made about $2 million in payments since then, The...

The Supreme Court will most likely issue a decision on Thursday that will leave a mess behind. I doubt there will be a clean decision -- up or down -- it’s far more likely that court will focus on the...

The Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota honored one of its most famous citizens on Tuesday. The tribe recognized June 26, 2012, as Russell Means Day in honor of activist Russell Means. He was presented with a proclamation that honored...

Tribes have formed a new organization called the Native American Financial Services Association to protect their Internet payday loan businesses. The organization was formed by the merger of the Native American Lending Alliance and the Native American Fair Commerce Coalition....

The Makah Nation of Washington has used about half of its $25 million trust settlement to reacquire some ancestral territory. The tribe spent $12.5 million on about 3,000 acres that were ceded by the 1855 Treaty of Neah Bay. “We’re...

"Indians have long struggled with a loss of wealth and reservations are often portrayed as poverty-stricken. Many Americans are struggling too, and the median net worth of families in the United States plunged by almost 40 percent over the last...

A man who has been charged with murdering three Native women in Manitoba may have been targeting other Native women across Canada, authorities told the Canadian Press. Shawn Cameron Lamb, 52, is facing three second-degree murder charges in connection with...

The Winnemem Wintu Tribe of California needs federal recognition to protect its ceremony and sacred sites, Chief Caleen Sisk said. Sisk and her nephew have been fasting for nine days in hopes of drawing the attention of the Bureau of...

The Bureau of Indian Affairs has approved a land-into-trust application for the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians of California. The BIA approved the application for 6.9 acres on June 13. The decision affirms that the tribe was "under federal...

The Lytton Band of Pomo Indians has agreed to pay more than $1 million to offset the impacts of its land-into-trust bid. The tribe will pay $500,000 over 10 years to the Windsor Fire Protection District. The tribe also agreed...

"The message from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals was clear: if you are concerned about the environment; if you want to protect Native American sacred areas; or even if you simply want to make sure that the federal government...

The Bureau of Land Management has extended the public comment period on a proposal to regulate hydraulic fracturing, a controversial energy-processing technique that's commonly known as fracking, on Indian lands. Comments are being accepted until September 10, according to a...

The Environmental Protection Agency can regulate gas emissions that contribute to global warming, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a unanimous decision on Tuesday. The EPA issued an "Endangerment Finding" which stated that greenhouse gases may “reasonably be...

The Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan said the case of a missing four-year-old boy has turned into a criminal probe. Spokesperson Frank Cloutier said a search warrant was served on Anthony Michael Bennett, who was taking care of Carnel...